1960's Media | "Television and the Public Interest"

Speech

By: Newton Minow

Date: May 9, 1961

Source: Minow, Newton. "Television and the Public Interest." Speech to the National Association of Broadcasters. May 9, 1961. Reprinted online at http://www.janda.org/b20/News/%20articles/vastwastland.htm; website home page: http://www.janda.org (accessed April 7, 2003).

About the Author: Newton Minow (1926–) was the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from 1961 to 1963. He served on the boards of CBS and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. In 1987, he became the director of the Annenberg Center for Communications in Washington.

Introduction

Newton Minow had worked in the Illinois state administration during Adlai Stevenson's governorship and was a leading figure in the governor's...